229 INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES PRODUCED
BY SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
13603
COACHES BY NETAJI SUBHAS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPORTS
The Sports Authority
of India has produced 229 Olympics/international athletes since
the inception of its schemes by implementing various sports promotional
programmes. The main objective of Sports Authority of India
is to draw up and implement plans for promotion and development
of sports in the country. The authority also liaises with State
Governments, State Sports Councils, Indian Olympic Association,
National Sports Federations and other similar national or international
bodies in matters relating to sports and games and allied subjects.
Netaji Subhas
National Institute of Sports, Patiala and the other academic wings
of Sports Authority of India have produced 13603 coaches upto
the academic session 2001-2002 in 25 disciplines including 470
coaches from foreign countries. The SAI coaches have also been
appointed as national coaches for different disciplines from time
to time. A number of athletes who have excelled at international
levels have been trained by Indian coaches trained at Netaji Subhas
National Institute of Sports, Patiala
To further improve
the performance and caliber of the coaches and develop their skills,
the National Institute of Sports and its academic wings are conducting
various diploma and degree courses on coaching and sports medicines.
A six-week advance course provides input to coaches about the
latest techniques in sports training and the role of scientific
support in each specific discipline. Action has also been initiated
to train coaches, who have produced outstanding sportspersons,
in the recognised institutes abroad.
The National
institute of Sports was set up in 1961 with the broad objective
of developing sports in the country on scientific lines and to
produce coaches of high caliber in different disciplines. The
Institute now serves as an academic wing of Sports Authority of
India (SAI after its amalgamation with the latter in 1987.
This information
was given by Shri Vikram Verma, Minister of Youth Affairs &
Sports in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
